# Recommend a Vista-compatible webcam **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-vista-compatible-webcam/459666 "2008-08-11T21:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-vista-compatible-webcam/459666/1 "2008-08-11T21:51:16Z")
A few months ago I bought a Logitech QuickCam orbit on the advice of my SO’s brother so we could all talk online through Skype. Shortly after that, I bought a new computer with a Vista operating system, and the webcam no longer works with any chat programs other than Skype, such as AIM, Yahoo, etc. All I get is a grey or red window where the picture should be. Since I’m woefully ignorant of all things computer-related, my SO’s brother sent me a link for a Vista driver from the Logitech website. Downloaded that, still doesn’t work. Went back to Best Buy, where I had bought the first camera, ready to buy a different one. I had long since discarded the box for the Orbit, so when I looked at it in the store again it said it _is_ supposed to be Vista-compatible. In fact, all the webcams in stock said the same thing, and since I’d been burned once already, I didn’t want to just buy another camera at random. I asked the store clerk for a recommendation, and rather than sell me a camera (which he easily could have), he directed me to [microsoft.com/windows](http://microsoft.com/windows) —\> Vista Compatibility Center, where I found what turned out to be the same driver I had already downloaded. I tried it again, and still no dice. Does anyone have a webcam you’re happy with on a Vista system? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-vista-compatible-webcam/459666/2 "2008-08-12T00:00:09Z")
I have a Phillips…the box said Vista-compatible. But I’ve also got a Logitech that works fine, too…just not as well as the Phillips SPC1300NC. The Vista compatability is usually marked on the box, in my experience, so I don’t see why the salesman couldn’t help you, though it was nice he didn’t try to sell you a new one first. Oh, I see. You did look at the boxes. Sorry, I misunderstood. ---
**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-vista-compatible-webcam/459666/3 "2008-08-12T07:32:36Z")
I’m using a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 on Vista SP1 with absolutely no problems. Using it as a motion-sensing security cam.